Congressional Statistics, December 2022

Tennessee

Social Security

Old-Age (retirement), Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)—popularly referred to as Social Security—provides monthly benefits to an eligible worker and family members when the worker elects to start receiving retirement benefits or when the worker dies or becomes disabled. A worker's lifetime covered earnings largely determine the amount of benefits received.

Table 1. Number of OASDI beneficiaries in current-payment status and total monthly benefits, December 2022
Congressional district Number of beneficiaries Total monthly benefits (thousands of dollars) Number of beneficiaries aged 65 or older
Total Retired workers Disabled workers Widow(er)s and parents Spouses a Children b All beneficiaries Retired workers Widow(er)s and parents
Tennessee 1,516,343 1,070,692 214,317 91,252 36,535 103,547 2,513,871 1,938,595 146,843 1,133,390
1 207,264 141,045 34,139 13,250 5,362 13,468 327,951 243,893 20,125 150,633
2 181,137 131,896 22,645 11,048 4,983 10,565 312,566 247,659 18,515 140,639
3 183,880 129,084 26,492 11,392 4,701 12,211 304,844 234,104 18,282 137,522
4 174,080 122,553 24,906 10,577 4,158 11,886 287,827 220,143 17,000 128,920
5 119,616 87,885 14,788 6,623 2,696 7,624 210,371 168,385 11,629 93,088
6 196,843 143,150 25,913 11,337 4,299 12,144 329,510 258,669 18,260 149,581
7 168,303 117,605 23,594 10,212 4,550 12,342 281,096 214,564 16,569 124,282
8 166,450 119,686 21,459 9,920 4,094 11,291 284,785 223,235 16,468 126,936
9 118,770 77,788 20,381 6,893 1,692 12,016 174,921 127,945 9,994 81,789
All areas c 65,994,457 48,587,883 7,604,098 3,840,827 2,113,864 3,847,785 111,421,667 88,679,497 6,324,926 52,052,807
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
a. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired or disabled.
b. These beneficiaries receive payment on the record of a worker who is retired, deceased, or disabled.
c. Includes beneficiaries in the 50 States, District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and foreign countries.

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal cash assistance program that provides monthly payments to low-income aged, blind, or disabled persons in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Table 2. Number of recipients of federally administered SSI payments and total monthly payments, December 2022
Congressional district Number of recipients Total monthly payments (thousands of dollars) Number of recipients with OASDI a
Total By type By age
Aged Blind Disabled Under 18 18–64 65 or older Total Aged Blind Disabled
Tennessee 162,834 10,434 1,510 150,890 21,779 106,454 34,601 104,382 3,764 983 99,634 54,870
1 20,149 1,123 189 18,837 2,133 13,764 4,252 12,610 345 118 12,148 7,713
2 16,258 967 132 15,159 1,760 10,899 3,599 10,437 379 89 9,970 5,657
3 19,290 1,112 151 18,027 2,100 12,854 4,336 12,275 361 99 11,815 6,804
4 16,399 1,134 188 15,077 2,081 10,888 3,430 10,533 394 132 10,007 5,560
5 14,763 1,318 161 13,284 2,207 9,188 3,368 9,421 599 102 8,720 4,460
6 15,311 884 142 14,285 1,930 10,248 3,133 9,642 283 90 9,270 5,519
7 14,398 837 138 13,423 1,909 9,650 2,839 9,162 304 88 8,770 4,821
8 17,108 1,029 142 15,937 2,310 11,459 3,339 10,850 365 89 10,395 5,693
9 29,158 2,030 267 26,861 5,349 17,504 6,305 19,451 734 177 18,539 8,643
All areas b 7,542,222 1,138,100 64,393 6,339,729 997,109 4,195,789 2,349,324 4,910,154 569,774 43,223 4,297,157 2,530,634
SOURCES: Social Security Administration, Supplemental Security Record, 100 percent data; and U.S. Postal Service geographic data.
a. Includes persons who are receiving both SSI payments and Social Security benefits.
b. Includes recipients in the 50 States, District of Columbia, and Northern Mariana Islands.